Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

1568 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: till, plow, cultivate

Kunyomi: たがや.す

Onyomi: コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: らいすき

Meaning: plow

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

作(こうさく)   farming

地(こうち)   arable land

運機(こううんき)   farm tractor

(のうこう)   agriculture, farming

す(たがやす)   plow [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

コウサク cultivation, farming

コウチ arable land

ノウコウ farming, agriculture, cultivation

スイコウ hydroponics

Kunyomi Examples

たがやす to till, to plow, to plough, to cultivate